Rolex Sydney Hobart 2012 - Brutal exposure and huge profitsBy KPMS,
1:56 AM Fri 28 Dec 2012
The second day of the 2012 Rolex Sydney Hobart has so far played out as predicted. The largest yachts have profited significantly from the overnight swing in wind direction to the northeast; one yacht in particular. At 17:30AEDT, five-time Rolex Sydney Hobart line honours winner, Wild Oats XI, lay about forty nautical miles ahead of her own record pace as she closed on Tasmania. ...[more]

Rolex Sydney Hobart 2012 - Ragamuffin Loyal redress requestedBy Di Pearson, ,
1:40 AM Fri 28 Dec 2012
The Rolex Sydney Hobart Race Committee has lodged a request for redress to the International Jury regarding Ragamuffin Loyal in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s annual 628 nautical mile race. The International Jury has heard the matter and has adjourned the hearing to be held at the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania tomorrow (Friday 28 December) at 4.00pm. ...[more]

Rolex Sydney Hobart 2012 - Living Doll first casualtyBy Jim Gale, ,
1:12 AM Fri 28 Dec 2012
In the Rolex Sydney Hobart, the Victorian Farr 55, Living Doll, owned and skippered by Michael Hiatt, has become the first casualty. Living Doll has retired from the race with a broken rudder. The incident occurred while the yacht was in Bass Strait, 90 nautical miles south-east of Gabo Island and 90 nautical miles north-east of Flinders Island. ...[more]

Rolex Sydney Hobart 2012 Fleet Update - Oats XI sets new race recordBy The Sail-World.com Team,
9:44 PM Thu 27 Dec 2012
Rolex Sydney Hobart 2012 - Robert Oatley’s Wild Oats XI has broken her own 2005 race record by 16 minutes and 58 seconds. The windspeed was no more than three knots when she crossed, drifting across the line, with horns and hooters sounding to take her sixth line honours victory. ...[more]

Rolex Sydney Hobart 2012; Setting the arrival scene in HobartBy Dale Lorimer, Hobart, Tasmania ,
6:33 PM Thu 27 Dec 2012
After a pleasant day of warm temperatures and light winds, Hobart has lost some of its colour this evening with a light sprinkling of rain setting in as the evening draws on.
Dale Lorimer was out and about on the wharfs shooting some of the colour of the waterfront as speculation builds in the media office at the possibility of the line honours record being broken. As anyone who has even ...[more]

Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race – last minute chatsBy John Curnow, Sydney ,
10:19 AM Thu 27 Dec 2012
Just before the crews departed the quay for the start of the 68th race to Hobart, we tracked down a few key suspects in some of the divisions to see if plans had changed with the latest weather information. ...[more]

Rolex Sydney Hobart - Wild Oats XI bears down on the Bass StraitBy Jim Gale, ,
8:33 AM Thu 27 Dec 2012
In the CYCA's Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, leader Wild Oats XI is set to launch into Bass Strait in a freshening northerly breeze this morning. A short time ago Wild Oats XI’s navigator, Adrienne Cahalan, reported that the crew had had a busy night, constantly changing sails as yesterday’s east-south-easterly breeze moved around to the east and softened to 4-5 knots at around midnight. ...[more]

Rolex Sydney Hobart start through the lens of Daniel ForsterBy Sail-World.com, ,
6:22 AM Thu 27 Dec 2012
Daniel Forster, who is one of the official event photographers for the 68th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, was on the water today capturing all the action. Enjoy! ...[more]

Rolex Sydney Hobart 2012- Wild Oats XI sailing awayBy Rob Kothe and the Sail-World Team,
5:34 AM Thu 27 Dec 2012
The Mark Richard’s skipper Reichel Pugh 100 Wild Oats XI has been steadily extended her lead over the last 16 hours, at 5am she was 13 miles ahead of Syd Fischer’s Ragamuffin Loyal and sailing two knots faster
At current speed we can expect to hear a Green Cape declaration from Oats XI between 7 and 8am ...[more]

Rolex Sydney Hobart 2012 – Boxing Day MadnessBy Rob Kothe and the Sail-World Team,
1:41 AM Thu 27 Dec 2012
A giant day at all levels, started with the confirmation of the story bubbling for the last 24 hours, that Grant Wharington’s Wild Thing was not able to produce the documents the 2012 Race Committee required and would not be racing. ...[more]

Rolex Sydney Hobart 2012; Start Images by Crosbie and Dale LorimerBy Crosbie Lorimer, Sydney ,
12:34 AM Thu 27 Dec 2012
Crosbie and Dale Lorimer were both out on the harbour today in some of the best race start conditions for photographers in several years.
Here are some of their images. ...[more]

Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2012 - Fleets head down SouthBy Regatta News, Sydney, Australia ,
11:37 PM Wed 26 Dec 2012
The Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2012 lived up to its hype as gusty winds produced a spinnaker start in the 68th edition of Australia’s Boxing Day race classic. Bob Oatley’s Wild Oats XI delivered perhaps the most awe-striking opening dash in the opening minutes of the race after the supermaxi easily blew by its competitors and into the turning mark of the race in a span of six minutes. ...[more]

Rolex Sydney Hobart 2012 – Wild Thing - more details - in then out?By John Curnow, Sydney ,
8:45 PM Wed 26 Dec 2012
Earlier today, Grant Wharington and his Wild Thing crew had turned off their mobiles to conduct their pre-race briefing in silence. Here they were in familiar territory, with a lot of the old crew, a new aft section on the boat and a sail wardrobe that was virtually straight from the loft. ...[more]